Publications
* denotes corresponding author. PDF/code/video links updated when available.
2026
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Non-prehensile Tool-Object Manipulation by Integrating LLM-based Planning and Manoeuvrability-Driven Controls
HY Lee, P Zhou*, A Duan, W Ma, C Yang, D Navarro-Alarcon
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2026
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Failure-Aware Bimanual Teleoperation via Conservative Value Guided Assistance
P Zhou, Z Li, J Wu, J Qi, J Hu, D Navarro-Alarcon, J Pan, L Xie, S Zhang, ...
arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.01092, 2026
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LLM-driven Symbolic Planning and Hierarchical Imitation Learning for Long-Horizon Deformable Object Assembly
J Qi, L Lu, F Wang, HY Lee, D Navarro-Alarcon, Z Zhang, P Zhou*
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2026
2025
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Acceleration-Level Optimization Control for Dynamic Robotic Manipulation with RCM Constraints
2025
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UniBiDex: A Unified Teleoperation Framework for Robotic Bimanual Dexterous Manipulation 🥇 T.J. Tarn Best Paper Finalist
Z Li, Z Guo, J Hu, D Navarro-Alarcon, J Pan, H Wu, P Zhou*
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2025
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Learning to Hang Crumpled Garments with Confidence-Guided Grasping and Active Perception
S Huo, H Zhang, HY Lee, P Zhou, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2025
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A Hierarchical Laser Control Strategy for Spatially Uniform Thermal Dose Delivery in Laser-Induced Thermal Therapy
J Wu, M Muddassir, Q Li, D Navarro-Alarcon, P Zhou*
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2025
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BagIt! An Adaptive Dual-Arm Manipulation of Fabric Bags for Object Bagging 🥇 IROS Workshop Best Paper Finalist
P Zhou, J Qi, H Wang, C Wang, Y Chen, Z Zhang
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025
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AuSoScan: Automatic Scoliosis Assessment by Ultrasound Scanning With Soft Contact Control
A Duan, L Wang, P Zhou, D Song, C Yang, Y Zheng, ...
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2025
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A Coarse-to-fine Robotic Fabric Alignment System Integrating Visual Servoing and Admittance Control
J Qi, L Lu, L Yang, Y Ding, P Zheng, D Navarro-Alarcon, J Pan, P Zhou*
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025
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A Joint Learning of Force Feedback of Robotic Manipulation and Textual Cues for Granular Materials Classification
Z Zhang, G Chen, W Chen, R Jia, G Chen, L Zhang, J Pan, P Zhou*
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025
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Explicit-Implicit Subgoal Planning for Long-Horizon Tasks with Sparse Rewards
F Wang, A Duan, P Zhou, S Huo, G Guo, C Yang, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025
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Iterative Shaping of Multi-Particle Aggregates based on Action Trees and VLM
HY Lee, P Zhou, A Duan, C Yang, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025
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AlignBot: Aligning VLM-Powered Customized Task Planning with User Reminders through Fine-Tuning for Household Robots
P Chen, Z Wu, J Sun, D Wang, P Zhou, N Cao, Y Ding, B Zhao, X Li
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2025
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Instruction-Augmented Long-Horizon Planning: Embedding Grounding Mechanisms in Embodied Mobile Manipulation
F Wang, S Lyu, P Zhou, A Duan, G Guo, D Navarro-Alarcon
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2025
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TEVIO: Thermal-Aided Event-Based Visual Inertial Odometry for Robust State Estimation in Challenging Environments
G Gong, F Hu, F Wang, M Muddassir, P Zhou, L Li, Q Wang, Z He, ...
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2025
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Rearranging Deformable Linear Objects for Implicit Goals with Self-Supervised Planning and Control
S Huo, F Hu, F Wang, L Hu, P Zhou, J Zhu, H Wang, D Navarro-Alarcon
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2025
2024
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Bimanual Deformable Bag Manipulation using a Structure-of-Interest based Neural Dynamics Model
P Zhou, P Zheng, J Qi, C Li, HY Lee, Y Pan, C Yang, D Navarro-Alarcon, ...
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2024
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Efficient Planar Fabric Repositioning: Deformation-Aware RRT* for Non-Prehensile Fabric Manipulation
Y Wang, L Yang, P Zhou, J Qi, L Lu, J Zhu, J Pan
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024
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Reactive Human–Robot Collaborative Manipulation of Deformable Linear Objects using a New Topological Latent Control Model
P Zhou, P Zheng, J Qi, C Li, HY Lee, A Duan, L Lu, Z Li, L Hu, ...
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2024
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Model Predictive Manipulation of Compliant Objects with Multi-Objective Optimizer and Adversarial Network for Occlusion Compensation
J Qi, G Ran, H Gao, P Wang, D Li, Y Gao, D Navarro-Alarcon, P Zhou*
ISA Transactions, 2024
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Unleashing Mixed-Reality Capability in Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Robot Motion Generation towards Safe Human–Robot Collaboration
C Li, P Zheng, P Zhou, Y Yin, CKM Lee, L Wang
Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2024
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A Counterfactual Neural Causal Model for Interactive Recommendation
J Liu, Z He, P Zhou, X Su, J Li
International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2024
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Safe Learning by Constraint-Aware Policy Optimization for Robotic Ultrasound Imaging
A Duan, C Yang, J Zhao, S Huo, P Zhou, W Ma, Y Zheng, ...
IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2024
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Interactive Perception for Deformable Object Manipulation
P Zhou, Z Weng, H Yin, A Kravberg, A Varava, D Navarro-Alarcon, ...
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024
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Robust Grasping by Bimanual Robots with Stable Parameterization-Based Contact Servoing
A Duan, S Huo, H Lee, P Zhou, J Romero, C Yang, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2024
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Semantics-Aware Receding Horizon Planner for Object-Centric Active Mapping
L Lu, Y Zhang, Z Peng, J Qi, Y Pan, C Fu, J Pan
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024
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Imitating Tool-Based Garment Folding from a Single Visual Observation using Hand-Object Graph Dynamics
P Zhou, J Qi, A Duan, S Huo, Z Wu, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2024
2023
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Adaptive Shape Servoing of Elastic Rods using Parameterized Regression Features and Auto-Tuning Motion Controls
J Qi, G Ran, B Wang, J Liu, W Ma, P Zhou, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023
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Enhancing Deformable Object Manipulation by Using Interactive Perception and Assistive Tools
P Zhou
arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.09659, 2023
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Integrating Visual Foundation Models for Enhanced Robot Manipulation and Motion Planning: A Layered Approach
C Yang, P Zhou, J Qi
arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.11244, 2023
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Neural Reactive Path Planning with Riemannian Motion Policies for Robotic Silicone Sealing
P Zhou, P Zheng, J Qi, C Li, A Duan, M Xu, V Wu, D Navarro-Alarcon
Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2023
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A Distributed Dynamic Framework to Allocate Collaborative Tasks based on Capability Matching in Heterogeneous Multirobot Systems
HY Lee, P Zhou, B Zhang, L Qiu, B Fan, A Duan, J Tang, TL Lam, ...
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, 2023
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A Multisensor Interface to Improve the Learning Experience in Arc Welding Training Tasks
HY Lee, P Zhou, A Duan, J Wang, V Wu, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 2023
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Implicit Subgoal Planning with Variational Autoencoders for Long-Horizon Sparse Reward Robotic Tasks
F Wang, A Duan, P Zhou, S Huo, G Guo, C Yang, D Navarro-Alarcon
CoRR, 2023
2022
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A Dual-Arm Collaborative Framework for Dexterous Manipulation in Unstructured Environments with Contrastive Planning
S Huo, F Wang, L Hu, P Zhou, J Zhu, H Wang, D Navarro-Alarcon
arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.05756, 2022
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A Bio-Inspired Mechanism for Learning Robot Motion from Mirrored Human Demonstrations
O Zahra, S Tolu, P Zhou, A Duan, D Navarro-Alarcon
Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2022
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Keypoint-Based Planar Bimanual Shaping of Deformable Linear Objects under Environmental Constraints with Hierarchical Action Framework
S Huo, A Duan, C Li, P Zhou, W Ma, H Wang, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022
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Towards Latent Space Based Manipulation of Elastic Rods using Autoencoder Models and Robust Centerline Extractions
J Qi, G Ma, P Zhou, H Zhang, Y Lyu, D Navarro-Alarcon
Advanced Robotics, 2022
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LaGeO: A Latent and Geometrical Framework for Path and Manipulation Planning
P Zhou
Ph.D. Thesis, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2022
2021
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A Novel Approach to Model the Kinematics of Human Fingers based on an Elliptic Multi-Joint Configuration
Z Wu, L Labazanova, P Zhou, D Navarro-Alarcon
International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), 2021
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Contour Moments Based Manipulation of Composite Rigid-Deformable Objects with Finite Time Model Estimation and Shape/Position Control
J Qi, G Ma, J Zhu, P Zhou, Y Lyu, H Zhang, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2021
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Keypoint-Based Bimanual Shaping of Deformable Linear Objects under Environmental Constraints using Hierarchical Action Planning
S Huo, A Duan, C Li, P Zhou, W Ma, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021
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LaSeSOM: A Latent and Semantic Representation Framework for Soft Object Manipulation 🥇 ICRA Workshop Best Paper Award
P Zhou, J Zhu, S Huo, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021
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Path Planning with Automatic Seam Extraction over Point Cloud Models for Robotic Arc Welding
P Zhou, R Peng, M Xu, V Wu, D Navarro-Alarcon
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021
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A Multi-Sensor Interface to Improve the Teaching and Learning Experience in Arc Welding Training Tasks
HY Lee, P Zhou, J Wang, V Wu, D Navarro-Alarcon
CoRR, 2021
2020
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Quadcopter Robot Control based on Hybrid Brain–Computer Interface System
C Chen, P Zhou, AN Belkacem, L Lu, R Xu, X Wang, W Tan, Z Qiao, P Li, ...
Sensors and Materials, 2020
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SOMA: A Data-Driven Representation Framework for Semantic Soft Object Manipulation
P Zhou, J Zhu, D Navarro-Alarcon
2020
2017
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A Proof of Concept Study for Criminal Network Analysis with Interactive Strategies
P Zhou, Y Liu, M Zhao, X Lou
International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 2017
2016
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Criminal Network Analysis with Interactive Strategies: A Proof of Concept Study using Mobile Call Logs
P Zhou, Y Liu, M Zhao, X Lou
SEKE, 2016